Pixie Dust: Blaze
My photorealistic creature concept "Blaze" was designed for the game Pixie Dust as a mount for the player character "Emberly". This creature was modeled in Autodesk Maya, sculpted and painted in Autodesk Mudbox, and digital concept sketches were done in Sketchbook.
Creature Concept Digital Sketch
Creature Concept Model Sheet
Creature Concept Food Chain
Creature Backstory: Blaze is a reindeer-like pegasus that is intended to be a mount for the player character (Emberly) in the game Pixie Dust. Blaze would not be accessible at first for the player so they may explore the world at a slower pace first until they free Blaze at a later point. In the story, the main character Emberly was originally a pegasus racer, but the new king banned pegasus racing to force citizens to either capture pixies for sport or work in the mines. Emberly's pegasus, Blaze, was imprisoned by the king along with other racers' mounts to make escape from the kingdom difficult for these racers. Blaze is an inquisitive animal and communicates with other reindeer, horses, and pegasi the same as regular reindeer or horses (neighing, tail movement, trotting, etc.)
